The present invention provides a cup holder that is capable of preventing a drawing portion from being pushed and retracted while maintaining a state in which a cup is held. A retraction preventing portion is formed on an interior face of a bottom face of the holder case, and a protrusion is formed so as to be oriented to the bottom face's side of the holder case at a rear end part of a turnable holding arm portion that is provided at a drawing portion. In the case where an attempt is made to retract the drawing portion while maintaining the state in which the cup is held, the protrusion abuts against the retraction preventing portion, and retraction of the drawing portion can be prevented.
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1. A cup holder comprising:
a holder case of which a front face opens; and
a drawing portion that is assembled in the holder case, and that is capable of retractably sliding into the holder case through an opening of the holder case, wherein
the drawing portion has a support portion adapted to a cup,
the support portion includes a holding arm that is pivoted on the drawing portion via a turning shaft, and that turns in a direction crossing a drawing direction of the drawing portion,
the holding arm portion has a tip end part adapted to abut against and hold a cup and a rear end part that is arranged on an opposite side to the tip end part in a state in which the turning shaft is sandwiched therebetween, and
a retraction preventing portion adapted to prevent retraction of the drawing portion in a state in which the cup is held by the support portion by way of abutment against the rear end part's side of the holding arm portion is formed in the holder case
wherein a protrusion is formed at the rear end part of the holding arm portion, and when the drawing portion is retracted in a state in which a cup is held by the support portion, the protrusion abuts against the retraction preventing portion,
wherein on the holding arm portion, a spring adapted to turn and bias one end side of the holding arm portion toward a cup holding direction is provided,
in the holder case, a guide portion adapted to guide a rear end part of the holding arm portion is formed,
the guide portion restrains a tip end part's side of the holding arm at a position which is storable in the holder case, and when the drawing portion is drawn and a state in which the cup can be held by the support portion is established, the guide portion is formed in a shape that allows a tip end part's side of the holding arm to turn in a further widening direction from a holding position side of the cup against a spring force of the spring, and
the retraction preventing portion is constructed as a part of the guide portion.
2. The cup holder according to
when the protrusion breaks, a rear end part's side of the holding arm portion and the retraction preventing portion are arranged in such a state as to be free of abutment against each other.
3. The cup holder according to
the support portion has a holding recessed portion that is formed in the retracting portion and the holding arm portion that turns in a horizontal direction, and
a side face of the cup is held between the tip end part's side of the holding arm portion that turns in the horizontal direction and the holding recessed portion.
4. The cup holder according to
5. The cup holder according to
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This application claims priority of Japanese Patent Application No. 2013-106294 filed on May 20, 2013. The contents of this application are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a drawer-formed cup holder that is mounted to a vehicle, and that is used to place a cup, a can, a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle for ingredients or the like.
It is to be noted that a cup in the present invention is used as a generic term of the above mentioned cup or glass, can, polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle or the like, that can be held by a cup holder.
2. Description of the Related Art
In general, a drawer-formed cup holder is provided with a drawing portion that is capable of drawing into a holder case through an opening that is formed in the holder case, and at a front end side of the drawing portion, a side face support portion adapted to a hold a side face of a cap is constructed. As a cup holder provided with such constituent elements, there has been proposed a cup holder for vehicle described in Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2004-161124.
In the cup holder for vehicle described in Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2004-161124, a side face support portion of a cup is provided on a site of each of the left and right in a front end part of a holder main body (which is equivalent to the drawing portion mentioned above), and there are also provided: a holding recessed portion in which a lateral side is opened; and a holding arm portion that is pivoted on the drawing portion and that turns so as to come close to, or alternatively, to be spaced from, the holding recessed portion. The holding arm portion is biased by a spring so as to turn toward the holding recessed portion's side.
In so far as an gap between tip end parts of one pair of holding arm portions is concerned, when the holder main body is pressed and slid against a storage position, the tip end part' side of the holding arm portion is turned to the holding recessed portion's side, and a widthwise dimension at the tip end part of the holding arm portion while in storage can be reduced. Also, when the holder main body is drawn at a drawing position, the tip end part's side of the holding arm portion is turned in such a direction as to be spaced from the holding recessed portion, and the widthwise dimension at the tip end part of the holding arm portion can be increased more significantly than a width of a holder case. In addition, at the drawing position of the holder main body, a cup can be held, between the holding recessed portion and the holding arm portion that has been biased by a spring.
Conventionally and up to now, as a cup holder provided with general constituent elements, there has been proposed an invention described in Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2004-161124 or the like in which, for example, in a state in which a paper cup or a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle or the like is held by the side face support portion, if the holder main body is forcibly moved from the drawing position to the storage position, the paper cup or the polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle hits the holder case and then collapses, and the drink contained therein overflows. As a result, the periphery of the cup holder is then polluted by the contained drink having overflowed.
In addition, in a state in which the paper cup or the polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle or the like is kept to be held, in the case where the holder main body is forcibly pushed into the storage position's side, the paper cup or the polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle or the like contained in the holder case hinders an action of drawing of the holder main body, thus making it difficult to draw the holder main body up to the drawing position again.
As described above, in the conventional cup holders, there is no restriction on forcibly pushing the drawing portion to the storage position's side while maintaining a state in which a cut is held, and thus, a variety of problems have occurred. It is an object of the present invention to provide a cup holder that is capable of solving such problems that still remain unsolved in the conventional cup holders.
The above mentioned object of the present invention can be achieved according to first to fifth aspects of the present invention as follows.
That is, a cup holder according to the first aspect of the present invention is most primarily provided, and includes: a holder case of which a front face opens; and a drawing portion that is assembled in the holder case, and that is capable of retractably sliding into the holder case though an opening of the holder case,
wherein the drawing portion has a support portion adapted to a cup, the support portion includes a holding arm that is pivoted on the drawing portion via a turning shaft, and that turns in a direction crossing a drawing direction of the drawing portion,
the holding arm portion has a tip end part adapt to abut against and hold a cup and a rear end part that is arranged on an opposite side to the tip end part in a state in which the turning shaft is sandwiched therebetween, and a retraction preventing portion adapted to prevent retraction of the drawing portion in a state in which the cup is held by the support portion by way of abutment against a rear end part's side of the holding arm portion is formed in the holder case.
In addition, the cup holder according to the second aspect of the present invention is primarily provided in such a manner that a protrusion is formed at a rear end part of the holding arm portion, and when the drawing portion is retracted in a state in which a cup is held by the support portion, the protrusion abuts against the retraction preventing portion.
Further, the cup holder according to the third aspect of the present invention is primarily provided in such a manner that when the protrusion breaks, a rear end part's side of the holding arm portion and the retraction preventing portion are arranged in such a state as to be free of abutment against each other.
Furthermore, the cup holder according to the fourth aspect of the present invention is primarily provided in such a manner that on the holding arm portion, a spring adapted to turn and bias one end side of the holding arm portion toward a cup holding direction is provided,
in the holder case, a guide portion adapted to guide a rear end part of the holding arm portion is formed,
the guide portion restrains a tip end part's side of the holding arm at a position which is storable in the holder case storable, and when the drawing portion is drawn and a state in which the cup can be held by the support portion is established, the guide portion is formed in a shape that allows a tip end part's side of the holding arm to turn in a further widening direction from a holding position side of the cup against a spring force of the spring, and
the retraction preventing portion is constructed as a part of the guide portion.
Still furthermore, the cup holder according to the fifth aspect of the present invention is primarily provided in such a manner that the support portion has a holding recessed portion that is formed in the retracting portion and the holding arm portion that turns in a horizontal direction, and a side face of the cup is held between the tip end part's side of the holding arm portion that turns in the horizontal direction and the holding recessed portion.
In the cup holder according to any one of the first to fourth aspects of the present invention, in order to prevent retraction of a drawing portion while maintaining a state in which a cup is held, a retraction preventing portion against which a rear end part's side of a holding arm portion abuts to prevent retraction of the holding arm portion is formed in a holder case.
In the cup holder according to any one of the first to fourth aspects of the present invention, in a state in which no cup is held at a support portion, abutment of a rear end part of a holding arm portion against the holding arm portion does not take place. As a result, the holding arm portion can arbitrarily turn. In addition, a drawing portion can be pushed up to a storage position without the retraction of the drawing portion being hindered by the retraction preventing portion.
In so far as a construction of the support portion is concerned, the support portion can be constructed as a holding arm portion for side face holding, the arm portion turning in a horizontal direction in which a side face of a cup is held, or alternatively, can be constructed as a holding arm portion for bottom receiving, the arm portion turning in a vertical direction while receiving a bottom face of a cup. Alternatively, in so far as a construction of the support portion is concerned, the support portion can also be constructed with both of the holding arm portion for side face holding and the holding arm for bottom receiving.
In a state in which the cup is held at the support portion, the rear end part's side of the holding arm portion turns at such as position as to abut against the retraction preventing portion. With such a construction, even if an attempt is made to push the drawing portion up to the storage position, the rear end part's side of the holding arm portion abuts against the retraction preventing portion, and the retraction of the drawing portion is prevented.
Thus, according to any one of the first to fourth aspects of the present invention, in the case where the drawing portion is forcibly pushed in a state in which the cut is held, for example, it is possible to prevent collapsing of the paper cup or the polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle that has been held by the holding arm portion for side face holding. In addition, it is possible to prevent an occurrence of a circumstance in which it becomes difficult to draw out the drawing portion from the holder case again.
In addition, in the case where the bottom of the cup is supported by the holding arm portion receiving a bottom, when the drawing portion is stored, if the holding arm portion for bottom receiving jumps, the cup is pushed up by the holding arm portion for bottom receiving and then the cup jumps in an upward direction. As a result, a floor is miserably polluted by the drink contained in the cup.
According to any one of the first to fourth aspects of the present invention, when the drawing portion is stored, when the bottom of the cup is supported by the holding arm portion for bottom receiving, the rear end part of the holding arm portion for bottom receiving abuts against the retraction preventing portion, thus making it possible to prevent jumping of the holding arm portion for bottom receiving.
Thus, according to any one of the first to fourth aspects of the present invention, it is possible to reliably prevent the drawing portion from being retracted to the storage position while maintaining the state in which the cup is held by the support portion.
According to any one of the first to fourth aspects of the present invention, in so far as a construction adapted to abut the rear end side of the holding arm portion and the retraction preventing portion against each other is concerned, the protrusion is formed at the rear end part of the holding arm portion, and when the drawing portion is retracted the state in which the cup is retained is maintained, the protrusion that is formed at the rear end part can be constructed so as to be abut against the retraction preventing portion. In addition, in the case where the protrusion breaks, the rear end part's side of the holding arm portion and the retraction preventing portion can be constructed so as to be free of abutment against with each other.
By employing such a construction, the retraction of the drawing portion while maintaining the state in which the cup is held can be prevented by the protrusion abutting against the retraction preventing portion. In addition, in the case where an excessive pushing force acts on the drawing portion, for example, the protrusion breaks, thereby making it possible to prevent the cup holder itself from being damaged due to the breakage of the protrusion.
According to any one of the first to fourth aspects of the present invention, the guide portion adapted to guide the rear end part of the holding arm portion can be formed in the holder case, and the retraction preventing portion can be constructed as a part of the guide portion. Thus, the retraction preventing portion is constructed as a part of the guide portion, whereby a rigidity of the retraction preventing portion can be enhanced. In addition, in the case where the protrusion is formed at the rear end part of the holding arm portion, even if the excessive pushing force acts on the drawing portion, it is possible to prevent the retraction preventing portion from being damaged due to the breakage of the protrusion.
According to any one of the first to fourth aspects of the present invention, in so far as a construction adapted to hold the side face of the cup at the support portion is concerned, such a construction can be made of a group of the holding recessed portion that is formed in the drawing portion and the holding arm portion. In addition, in so far as a construction adapted to hold the side face of the cup is concerned, such a construction can be made to pinch the cup from both lateral face sides with the use of one pair of the holding arm portions. Further, there can be employed a construction adapted to receive the bottom of the cup with the use of a bottom plate that is integrally formed with the drawing portion without a need to provide the holding arm portion for bottom receiving.
A construction of providing the holding arm portion for bottom receiving is employed, whereby at the time of storage of the drawing portion, the holding arm portion for bottom receiving can be held in a substantially horizontal state and thus a dimension of a vertical direction of the cup holder can be constructed so as to be short in length, and the cup holder can be compactly constructed.
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the accompanying drawings. A cup holder according to the present invention can be attached on an instrument panel, a console box, or a seat or the like. In addition, with respect to the cup holder which will be described hereinafter, a more detailed description will be given by way of an example of a construction in which a holding recessed portion is arranged inside of a drawing portion and a holding arm portion that turns so as to come close to, or alternatively, to be spaced from, the holding recessed portion is arranged a lateral side of the drawing portion.
However, the cup holder according to the present invention is not limited to such a construction. For example, even if there would be a construction in which a holding recessed portion is arranged on a lateral side of a drawing portion, and a holding arm portion that turns so as to come close to, or alternatively, to be spaced from, a holding recessed portion is arranged inside of the drawing portion, the present invention can be preferably applied. In addition, a side face support portion made of a holding recessed portion and a holding arm portion is constructed at each side part in a front side of the drawing portion, or alternatively, can be constructed at one side part.
Therefore, it would be obvious to one skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to embodiments which will be described hereinafter, and a variety of modifications to the described embodiments can occur without deviating from the scope and/or spirit of the invention.
A construction of a cup holder 1 according to the present invention will be described with reference to
A holding portion in the present invention is constructed so as to be appropriately combining the holding arm portions 7 for side face holding, a holding recessed portion 6, and the holding arm portions 27, 30 for bottom receiving with each other. Hereinafter, a construction provided with the holding arm portions 7 for side face holding will be first described, and thereafter, a construction of the holding arm portions 27, 30 for bottom receiving will be described.
On a front face of the drawing portion 2, a capping body 3 is provided, and by manipulating a grip 3a that is formed at the capping body 3, the drawing portion 2 that is established in a storage state shown in
Further, as shown in
As shown in
On the side of a rear end part 7b of each of the holding arm portions 7, a protrusion 10 to be described later is formed toward a lower side. The protrusion 10 can be integrally molded at the time of molding of a holding arm portion 7. In order to turn the holding arm portion 7 in a horizontal direction, a shaft hole 7c to be pivoted in a turning shaft 17 (reference should be made to
Moreover, at the time of assembling, the tip end part 7a of the holding arm portion 7 can be protruded to the side of the side face support portion 5 from an arm mounting hole 8 that is formed in the holding recessed portion 6. In addition, the shaft hole 7c of the holding arm portion 7 can be arranged on a back face side of the arm mounting hole 8, and a turning quantity of the tip end part 7a of the holding arm portion 7 can be constructed so as to be large as well.
In so far as The coil spring 18 adapted to turn and bias the side of the tip end part 7a of the holding arm portion 7 to the side of the holding recessed portion 6 is concerned, a center hole of the coil spring 18 is inserted into the turning shaft 17 shown in
Although
On both side faces of the drawing portion 2, one pair of upper and lower guiderails 11 are respectively constructed, and such one pair of upper and lower guiderails 11 can slide along a guide groove 15 that is formed on an inside face of a holder case 14. In order to restrain a sliding range of the drawing portion 2, a position restraining piece 12a that is bent to the inside is formed at a rear end part of each of the guide rails 11, and a position restraining piece 12b is formed on a site on a front side of each of the guiderails 11 on both side faces of the drawing portion 2.
When the drawing portion 2 is slid to a storage position, the position restraining piece 12a engages with an engagingly locking member, although not shown, which is formed on an inside face of the holder face 14, and a storage state at the storage position of the drawing portion 2 can be maintained. In addition, in so far as the drawing portion 2 that is established in the storage position is concerned, the grip 3a that is formed at the capping body 3 is pulled to a drawing side, whereby the engagingly locking member, although not shown, and the position restraining piece 12a are disengaged from each other, enabling the drawing portion 2 to be slid in the drawing direction.
When the drawing portion 2 is drawn, the position restraining piece 12b engages with an engagement recessed portion 16 that is formed at a front face portion of the holder case 14, and the drawing portion 2 can be maintained in such a state as to be held at the drawing position. A pushing force in a storage direction is applied so as to act on the drawing portion 2 that is held at the drawing position, whereby the position restraining piece 12b and the engagement recessed portion 16 are disengaged from each other, enabling the drawing portion 2 to be slid to the storage position's side.
The guiderail 11 and the position restraining pieces 12a, 12b can also be integrally molded with each other at the time of molding of the drawing portion 2, respectively. Alternatively, these constituent elements can also be constructed so as to be mounted to the drawing portion 2 later in a state in which they are constructed so as to be independent of the drawing portion 2.
The movement path 24 is constructed as a passageway in which a depth side of the holder case 14 is substantially parallel with a sliding direction of the drawing portion 2. In this passageway, as shown in
Turning to
The exterior wall 21 continues its biasing to the center side of the bottom part of the holder case 14 as is, and bends so as to be substantially in parallel with the sliding direction of the drawing portion 2 on a front end side of the guide portion 20, and then, a front end side part 21b is formed. A front end side of the front end side part 21 bends to the center side of the bottom part so as to be substantially perpendicular to the sliding direction of the drawing portion 2, and a front end part 21a of the guide portion 20 is formed.
Also, the interior wall 22 is formed so as to be in parallel with the exterior wall 21 up to partway of the interior wall, and bends to the center side of the bottom part of the holder case 14 so as to be substantially perpendicular to the sliding direction of the drawing portion 2 that is more precedent than the exterior wall 21. In addition, a site of the interior wall 22 that bends to the center part's side so as to be perpendicular thereto is formed as a retraction preventing portion 23 adapted to prevent the retraction of the drawing portion 2 in a state in which a cup is held by the side face support portion 5.
A region that is surrounded by the front end part 21a of the exterior wall 21 and the retraction preventing portion 23 of the interior wall 22 in the guide portion 20 is constructed as a movable range of the protrusion 10 when the drawing portion 2 is set at a drawing position.
At the drawing position of the drawing portion 2, as indicated by the solid lines of
In addition, at this preparation position, when the cup is pushed between the holding recessed portion 6 and the tip end part 7a of the holding arm portion 7, the tip end part 7a of the holding arm portion 7 turns to the side of a position that is further spaced from the holding recessed portion 6, and the cup can be held between the tip end part 7a of the holding arm portion 7 and the holding recessed portion 6.
That is, the rear end part 7b of the holding arm portion 7 turns from the position indicated by the solid line of
In the case where the drawing portion 2 is set at the drawing position, when no cup is held between the tip end part 7a of the holding arm portion 7 and the holding recessed portion 6, that is, at the position indicated by the solid line in
However, when the rear end part 7b of the holding arm portion 7 is located at the position indicated by the dotted line in
The protrusion 10 abuts against the retraction preventing portion 23, whereby a retracting movement of the drawing portion 2 can be stopped. Although in the foregoing description, there has been explained a construction in which the retraction preventing portion 23 is formed in the holder case 14, the retraction preventing portion 23 is not limited to the construction in which this portion is formed in the holder case 14. For example, in the case of a construction in which the turning shaft 17 of the holding arm portion 7 is arranged on the front side of the holder case 14, the retraction preventing portion 23 can be formed at an opening edge of the holder case 14.
Thus, in accordance with the present invention, it is possible to restrain movement of the drawing portion 2 to the storage position while maintaining the state in which the cup is held between the holding recessed portion 6 and the tip end part 7a of the holding arm portion 7. In addition, it is possible to reliably prevent collapsing of the cup that has been held between the holding recessed portion 6 and the tip end part 7a of the holding arm portion 7 which may eventually result in the overflow of the drink contained therein.
In addition, in so far as a construction of the protrusion 10 that is provided at the rear end part 7b of the holding arm portion 7 is concerned, when the drawing portion 2 is pressed with a further strong force in spite of the protrusion 10 abutting against the retraction preventing portion 23, the protrusion 10 can be constructed so as to be break. In addition, as long as a height dimension of the retraction preventing portion 23 is constructed so as to be a dimension which is lower than a height dimension from a lower face in the rear end part 7b of the holding arm portion 7 leading up to an upper face of the movable range 25, after the protrusion 10 has broken, the rear end part 7b of the holding arm portion 7 is not subject to the movement restraint exerted by the retraction preventing portion 23. In addition, the drawing portion 2 can be moved to the storage position's side, and the breakage of the cup holder 1 can be prevented due to the breakage of the protrusion 10. Further, there can be attained an advantageous effect that it is possible to reduce a reaction force acting on an object in such as manner as to impart a further strong force as described above.
Although in the foregoing description, there has been explained a construction in which the retraction of the drawing portion 2 is restrained by causing the protrusion 10 to abut against the retraction preventing portion 23, there can also be employed a construction in which the rear end part 7b of the holding arm portion 7 is caused to directly abut against the retraction preventing portion 23. In addition, although a description has been given with respect to a construction in which the protrusion 10 is protruded to the bottom face side of the holder case 14, in the case where the retraction preventing portion 23 is formed on a ceiling interior face of the holder case 14, the protrusion 10 can be formed so as to be oriented in an upward direction. Further, in the case where the retraction preventing portion 23 is formed on an inside face of the holder case 14, the protrusion 10 can be constructed so as to be protruded on the inside face's side of the holder case 14.
In the foregoing description, there has been explained an example of a construction in which the side face support portion 5 is constructed with a combination of the holding recessed portion 6 and the holding arm portion 7. In so far as a construction in the side face support portion 5 is concerned, as shown in
In addition, in the case of such a construction as well, in the case where the drawing portion 2 is pushed in a state in which the cup is held between such one pair of holding arm portions 7, 7, the rear end parts 7b, 7b of the holding arm portions 7, 7 each abut against the retraction preventing portion 23. Further, it is possible to prevent the retraction of the drawing portion 2 in the state in which the cup is held between the pair of holding arm portions mentioned above. Moreover, protrusions 10, 10 that are formed at the respective rear end portions 7b, 7b in such one pair of holding arm portions 7, 7 respectively abut against the retraction preventing portion 23, thus enabling the abutment between the retraction preventing portion 23 and each of the protrusions 10, 10 to be obtained as a more reliable abutment.
Next, a construction of the holding arm portions 27, 30 for bottom receiving will be described with reference to
As shown in
In
As shown in
In a state in which the cup 29 is not held by the holding arm portion 30, when the drawing portion 2 is pushed to the storage position, the protrusion 32 of the holding arm portion 30 that is indicated by the dotted line of
Although in
By way of the bottom face plate that is fixed to the drawing portion 2, or alternatively, by employing the holding arm portions 27, 30 for bottom receiving in place of constructing the bottom face support portion 4 shown in
A technical idea of the present invention can also be applied in a construction of a drawing device.
Yamamoto, Kazuhisa, Masuda, Yasuhisa
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